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Napoleon III mounted on Philippe c 1855 by Emmanuel Fremiet. Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon; orig. Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte) French general, politician, and ruler; president of France 1848-1852 (only president of 2nd French Republic); acquired dictatorial powers through military coup 1851; proclaimed himself emperor 1852, as Napoleon III; emperor of France 1852-1870; annexed Savoy and Nice 1860; captured by Germans at Sedan 1870 during Franco-Prussian War and held captive 1870-1871; formally deposed by National Assembly at Bordeaux 1871; nephew of Napoleon I _1808-1873